1. Had not the pens flowed as they did before
The ignorant would not gain what the wise lack
١. لولا الّذي جرَتِ الأقلامُ قبلُ به
ما نالَ ذو الجهلِ دون الحازِم المِنَحا
2. Yet fate holds scales aloft, and those with less
merit find their weight diminished, out of balance
٢. لكنَّ للْحَظِّ ميزاناً ترَفَّعَ ذو النْ
نُقصانِ في وزْنه واُنحطَّ من رَجَحا